| loach | (noun) slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes | - |
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| load | (noun) weight to be borne or conveyed | Synonyms: burden, loading |
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| (noun) the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents | Synonyms: payload, warhead |
| (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, consignment, freight, lading, loading, payload, shipment |
| (noun) electrical device to which electrical power is delivered | - |
| (noun) an onerous or difficult concern | Synonyms: burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus |
| (noun) a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks | Synonyms: lode |
| (noun) the power output of a generator or power plant | - |
| (noun) a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time | Synonyms: loading |
| (noun) an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate | - |
| loader | (noun) a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port | Synonyms: dock-walloper, dock worker, docker, dockhand, dockworker, longshoreman, lumper, stevedore |
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| (noun) an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game | - |
| loading | (noun) the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc. | - |
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| (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, consignment, freight, lading, load, payload, shipment |
| (noun) weight to be borne or conveyed | Synonyms: burden, load |
| (noun) a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time | Synonyms: load |
| (noun) the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift | - |
| loads | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads |
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| loadstar | (noun) something that serves as a model or guide | Synonyms: lodestar |
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| (noun) guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy | Synonyms: lodestar |
| loadstone | (noun) a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically | Synonyms: lodestone |
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| loaf | (noun) a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating | Synonyms: loaf of bread |
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| (noun) a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape | - |
| loafer | (noun) person who does no work | Synonyms: bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout |
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| loafing | (noun) having no employment | Synonyms: idleness, idling |
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| loam | (noun) a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials | - |
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| loan | (noun) a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English | Synonyms: loanword |
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| (noun) the temporary provision of money (usually at interest) | - |
| loanblend | (noun) a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) | Synonyms: hybrid, loan-blend |
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| loaner | (noun) a car that is lent as a replacement for one that is under repair | - |
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| (noun) someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters | Synonyms: lender |
| loaning | (noun) disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned | Synonyms: lending |
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| loanword | (noun) a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English | Synonyms: loan |
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| loasa | (noun) any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers | - |
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| loather | (noun) one who hates or loathes | Synonyms: abominator |
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| loathing | (noun) hate coupled with disgust | Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, odium |
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| loathsomeness | (noun) the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions | Synonyms: lousiness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness, wickedness |
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| lob | (noun) the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc | - |
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| (noun) an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc | - |
| lobby | (noun) a large entrance or reception room or area | Synonyms: antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, vestibule |
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| (noun) an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying | Synonyms: advocacy group, lobby group, pressure group, special-interest group, special interest, special interest group, third house |
| (noun) the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest | - |
| lobbyism | (noun) the practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist | - |
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| lobbyist | (noun) someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer | - |
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| lobe | (noun) a rounded projection that is part of a larger structure | - |
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| (noun) (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part | - |
| (noun) the enhanced response of an antenna in a given direction as indicated by a loop in its radiation pattern | - |
| (noun) (botany) a part into which a leaf is divided | - |
| lobectomy | (noun) surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (as the lung or brain) | - |
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| lobefin | (noun) any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form | Synonyms: crossopterygian, lobe-finned fish |
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| lobelia | (noun) any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia | - |
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| loblolly | (noun) thick gruel | - |
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| lobotomy | (noun) surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes | Synonyms: frontal lobotomy, leucotomy, leukotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomy |
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| lobscouse | (noun) a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors | Synonyms: lobscuse, scouse |
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| lobscuse | (noun) a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors | Synonyms: lobscouse, scouse |
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| lobster | (noun) any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae | - |
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| (noun) flesh of a lobster | - |
| lobsterback | (noun) British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution) | Synonyms: redcoat |
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| lobsterman | (noun) a person whose occupation is catching lobsters | - |
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| lobularity | (noun) the property of having lobules | - |
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| lobule | (noun) a small lobe or subdivision of a lobe | - |
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| lobworm | (noun) marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait | Synonyms: lug, lugworm |
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| local | (noun) public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops | - |
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| (noun) anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body | Synonyms: local anaesthetic, local anesthetic, topical anaesthetic, topical anesthetic |
| locale | (noun) the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) | Synonyms: locus, venue |
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| localisation | (noun) a determination of the place where something is | Synonyms: fix, localization, locating, location |
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| (noun) (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body | Synonyms: localisation of function, localisation principle, localization, localization of function, localization principle |
| localism | (noun) a partiality for some particular place | Synonyms: provincialism, sectionalism |
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| (noun) a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality | - |
| locality | (noun) a surrounding or nearby region | Synonyms: neck of the woods, neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity |
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| localization | (noun) a determination of the place where something is | Synonyms: fix, localisation, locating, location |
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| (noun) (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body | Synonyms: localisation, localisation of function, localisation principle, localization of function, localization principle |
| localness | (noun) The state or condition of being from a nearby location. | - |
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| locater | (noun) a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims | Synonyms: locator |
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| locating | (noun) the act of putting something in a certain place | Synonyms: emplacement, location, placement, position, positioning |
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| (noun) a determination of the place where something is | Synonyms: fix, localisation, localization, location |
| location | (noun) a point or extent in space; a point or extent in space | - |
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| (noun) a determination of the place where something is | Synonyms: fix, localisation, localization, locating |
| (noun) the act of putting something in a certain place | Synonyms: emplacement, locating, placement, position, positioning |
| (noun) a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made | - |
| locative | (noun) the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb | Synonyms: locative role |
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| (noun) A case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein. | Synonyms: locative case |
| locator | (noun) a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims | Synonyms: locater |
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| loch | (noun) Scottish word for a lake | - |
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| (noun) a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked) | - |
| lochia | (noun) substance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during the weeks following childbirth | - |
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| lock | (noun) any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured | - |
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| (noun) a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed | - |
| (noun) a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key | Synonyms: ignition lock |
| (noun) enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it | Synonyms: lock chamber |
| (noun) a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun | - |
| (noun) a strand or cluster of hair | - |
| lockage | (noun) passage through a lock in a canal or waterway | - |
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| (noun) a system of locks in a canal or waterway | - |
| (noun) a fee charged for passage through a lock in a canal or waterway | - |
| lockbox | (noun) a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables | Synonyms: deposit box, safe-deposit, safe-deposit box, safety-deposit, safety deposit box |
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| lockdown | (noun) the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot) | - |
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| locker | (noun) a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock | Synonyms: cabinet, storage locker |
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| (noun) a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks) | Synonyms: footlocker |
| (noun) a fastener that locks or closes | - |
| locket | (noun) a small ornamental case; usually contains a picture or a lock of hair and is worn on a necklace | - |
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| locking | (noun) the act of locking something up to protect it | Synonyms: lockup |
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| lockjaw | (noun) an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages | Synonyms: tetanus |
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| lockkeeper | (noun) a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal) | Synonyms: lockman, lockmaster |
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| lockman | (noun) a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal) | Synonyms: lockkeeper, lockmaster |
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| lockmaster | (noun) a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal) | Synonyms: lockkeeper, lockman |
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| locknut | (noun) supplementary nut that is screwed down on a primary nut to prevent it from loosening | Synonyms: safety nut |
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| lockout | (noun) a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms | - |
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| lockring | (noun) washer that prevents a nut from loosening | Synonyms: lock ring, lock washer |
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| locksmith | (noun) someone who makes or repairs locks | - |
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| lockstep | (noun) a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead | - |
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| (noun) a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly | - |
| lockstitch | (noun) machine stitch in which the top thread interlocks with the bobbin thread | - |
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| lockup | (noun) the act of locking something up to protect it | Synonyms: locking |
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| (noun) jail in a local police station | - |
| locoism | (noun) a disease of livestock caused by locoweed poisoning; characterized by weakness and lack of coordination and trembling and partial paralysis | Synonyms: loco disease |
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| locomotion | (noun) self-propelled movement | Synonyms: travel |
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| (noun) the power or ability to move | Synonyms: motive power, motivity |
| locomotive | (noun) a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks | Synonyms: engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive |
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| locoweed | (noun) street names for marijuana | Synonyms: dope, gage, grass, green goddess, Mary Jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed |
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| (noun) any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock | Synonyms: crazy weed, crazyweed |
| locule | (noun) a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal | Synonyms: loculus |
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| loculus | (noun) a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal | Synonyms: locule |
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| locum | (noun) someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession | Synonyms: locum tenens |
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| locus | (noun) the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions | - |
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| (noun) the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) | Synonyms: locale, venue |
| (noun) the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome | - |
| locust | (noun) migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae | - |
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| (noun) any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae | Synonyms: locust tree |
| (noun) hardwood from any of various locust trees | - |
| locution | (noun) a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations | Synonyms: expression, saying |
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| lode | (noun) a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks | Synonyms: load |
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| lodestar | (noun) something that serves as a model or guide | Synonyms: loadstar |
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| (noun) guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy | Synonyms: loadstar |
| lodestone | (noun) a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically | Synonyms: loadstone |
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| lodge | (noun) any of various Native American dwellings | Synonyms: indian lodge |
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| (noun) a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers | Synonyms: auberge, hostel, hostelry, inn |
| (noun) a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter | Synonyms: hunting lodge |
| (noun) small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener | - |
| (noun) a formal association of people with similar interests | Synonyms: club, gild, guild, order, social club, society |
| lodgement | (noun) the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily | Synonyms: lodging, lodgment |
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| lodgepole | (noun) shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares | Synonyms: lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta, shore pine, spruce pine |
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| lodger | (noun) a tenant in someone's house | Synonyms: boarder, roomer |
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| lodging | (noun) the act of lodging | - |
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| (noun) structures collectively in which people are housed | Synonyms: housing, living accommodations |
| (noun) the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily | Synonyms: lodgement, lodgment |
| lodgings | (noun) temporary living quarters | Synonyms: diggings, digs, domiciliation, pad |
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| lodgment | (noun) the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily | Synonyms: lodgement, lodging |
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| loess | (noun) a fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind | - |
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| loft | (noun) floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage | Synonyms: attic, garret |
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| (noun) a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept | Synonyms: pigeon loft |
| (noun) floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space | - |
| (noun) (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air | - |
| loftiness | (noun) the quality of being high or lofty | Synonyms: highness |
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| (noun) impressiveness in scale or proportion | Synonyms: majesty, stateliness |
| log | (noun) measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water | - |
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| (noun) a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane) | - |
| (noun) the exponent required to produce a given number | Synonyms: logarithm |
| (noun) a written record of messages sent or received | - |
| (noun) a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches | - |
| logagraphia | (noun) a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion | Synonyms: agraphia, anorthography |
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| loganberry | (noun) large red variety of the dewberry | - |
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| (noun) red-fruited bramble native from Oregon to Baja California | Synonyms: Rubus loganobaccus, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus |
| logarithm | (noun) the exponent required to produce a given number | Synonyms: log |
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| logbook | (noun) a book in which the log is written | - |
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| loge | (noun) balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine | - |
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| (noun) private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance | Synonyms: box |
| logger | (noun) a person who fells trees | Synonyms: faller, feller, lumberjack, lumberman |
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